College students: don't sign up for LinkedIn. Please. It's easily the worst social network on the block, career-focused structure notwithstanding. LinkedIn is the 21st century version of the Columbia House Record Club... not that any of you are old enough to remember it. However, at some point you might find that you're forced to create a profile and start playing the most boring MMO on the planet. If you've resigned yourself to such a fate, then I suppose LinkedIn Students isn't such a terrible place to start.

LinkedIn Students isn't quite the same trophy wall-slash-job hunting tool that LinkedIn proper has become, if only because the process is so different for graduates and near-graduates. The app is more about empirical research for specific fields and majors - it will suggest jobs that students may not have thought about with their particular educational background. (Since about half of current graduates end up in jobs that don't actually need a college degree, it's best to look as far and wide as possible.)

The app will also show students profiles of recent grads, see which companies have a preference for hiring new employees from their school, and yes, show relevant job listings based on major and graduation year. Accessing LinkedIn Students requires a LinkedIn account, which again, is more than enough reason to avoid it entirely.

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Too bad I actually want a job in the IT industry. You're going to get looked at funny if you don't have a LinkedIn.

Junetsanchez1

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andy_o

It's OK to have it, just DO NOT FUCKING UPLOAD YOUR CONTACTS LIST TO THEM.

davidofmidnight

There's a circle of hell devoted to people who abuse their friends like that with LinkedIn.

Jessiecjohns

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Craig

You have the most negative opinion on LinkedIn. First off, it's not a social network. So to call it the worst social network just makes you seem silly and we are only two sentences into this article. Bad start. Then you compare a professional network that enables individuals to grow their careers, businesses find qualified job seekers, and enables businesses to grow, to Columbia House? Wow. I only hope college students who accidentally stumble across this article are smart enough to see through your hate.

I have a LinkedIn account. It's more or less required for professionals in the US. My point was that it's a terrible tool with awful design and some abusive policies. And yes, it is a social network - walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, et cetera.

Craig

I cringe when people treat it like a social network. It is a professional network. You get the most out of it when you treat it that way.

Vantius

I agree. Unless you're a senior executive of a company, professional organization for an industry, or other media outlet, you do not need to share articles.

Kailen

It is a social network.
You "network" with other people aka you do social interactions.

Good for you. Since it's not used in your chosen industry, it must not be used in any other industry either.

C Scott Willy

What are the abusive policies you see from LinkedIn?

Roog

Michael's is a very comical yet apt description of LinkedIn. It is amazing to me that, as Michael says below, professionals pretty much have to have a LinkedIn account in the US (what else do many Human Resources Departments have to do but squander their time making sure potential hires' LinkedIn accounts are up to snuff with confirmed "skills" and an adequate number of "connections"?) and LinkedIn would NEVER take advantage of that. Nooooo.

Actually, Linkedin is the most useful social media app in many careers. Correction, its the only useful one. Twitter, FB and Google+ are pure shit. It's not that Linkedin's exciting, it's just that it can you a job.